Lien

  • [ LEEN ]
  • Dutch
Short form of CAROLIEN and other names ending in lien.

CAROLIEN   female   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of CAROLUS.
CHARLES   male   English, French
From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word meaning "man". However, an alternative theory states that it is derived from the common Germanic name element hari meaning "army, warrior".

The popularity of the name in continental Europe was due to the fame of Charles the Great (742-814), commonly known as Charlemagne, a king of the Franks who came to rule over most of Europe. His grandfather Charles Martel had also been a noted leader of the Franks. It was subsequently the name of several Holy Roman Emperors, as well as kings of France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Hungary (in various spellings). After Charlemagne, his name was adopted as a word meaning "king" in many Eastern European languages, for example Czech král, Hungarian király, Russian король (korol), and Turkish kral.

The name did not become common in Britain until the 17th century when it was borne by the Stuart king Charles I. It had been introduced into the Stuart royal family by Mary Queen of Scots, who had been raised in France.

Famous bearers of the name include naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) who revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) who wrote such works as 'Great Expectations' and 'A Tale of Two Cities', French statesman Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), and American cartoonist Charles Schulz (1922-2000), the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip.
FULL FORMS
DUTCH: Carla, Carola, Carolien, Caroline, Charlotte, Paulien
EQUIVALENTS
AFRIKAANS: Charlize
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Carolina
ANCIENT ROMAN: Paulina
BULGARIAN: Polina, Polya
CATALAN: Carla
CROATIAN: Karla, Karolina, Lina
CZECH: Kája, Karolína, Pavlina
DANISH: Caroline, Charlotte, Ina, Karla, Karolina, Karoline, Lina, Line, Lotte, Pauline
DUTCH: Lotte
ENGLISH: Calleigh, Callie, Cari, Carla, Carlene, Carley, Carlie, Carly, Carlyn, Carol, Carolina, Caroline, Carolyn, Carrie, Carry, Caryl, Charla, Charleen, Charlene, Charlotte, Ina, Kallie, Karlee, Karlene, Karly, Karolyn, Karrie, Lina, Lottie, Pauleen, Paulene, Paulina, Pauline, Sharla, Sharleen, Sharlene, Tottie, Totty
FINNISH: Iina, Karoliina, Liina, Lotta, Pauliina
FRENCH: Carole, Caroline, Charline, Charlotte, Line, Pauline
GERMAN: Carla, Carola, Carolin, Caroline, Charlotte, Ina, Karla, Karola, Karolina, Karoline, Lotte, Pauline
HUNGARIAN: Karola, Karolina, Lili
IRISH: Séarlait
ITALIAN: Carla, Carlotta, Carola, Carolina, Lina, Paolina
LITHUANIAN: Karolina, Lina, Paulina
MACEDONIAN: Karolina, Pavlina
NORWEGIAN: Caroline, Charlotte, Ina, Karla, Karolina, Karoline, Lina, Line, Lotte, Pauline
POLISH: Karolina, Paulina
PORTUGUESE: Carla, Carlota, Carolina, Paulina
RUSSIAN: Polina
SLOVAK: Paulína
SLOVENE: Karolina, Pavlina
SPANISH: Carla, Carlota, Carolina, Paulina
SWEDISH: Carola, Carolina, Caroline, Charlotta, Charlotte, Ina, Karla, Karolina, Lina, Lotta, Lotte, Lottie, Paulina, Pauline
UKRAINIAN: Polina
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Carolus, Karl
ANCIENT ROMAN: Paulinus
CATALAN: Carles, Carlos
CROATIAN: Karlo
CZECH: Karel
DANISH: Carl, Karl
DUTCH: Karel
ENGLISH: Carl, Carol, Charles, Charley, Charlie, Chas, Chaz, Chip, Chuck, Karl
FINNISH: Kaarle, Kaarlo, Kalle, Karl
FRENCH: Charles, Charlot
GERMAN: Carl, Karl
HAWAIIAN: Kale
HUNGARIAN: Karcsi, Károly
IRISH: Séarlas
ITALIAN: Carlo, Paolino
LIMBURGISH: Sjarel
LITHUANIAN: Karolis
NORWEGIAN: Carl, Karl
POLISH: Karol
PORTUGUESE: Carlinhos, Carlito, Carlitos, Carlos, Paulino
ROMANIAN: Carol
SLOVAK: Karol
SLOVENE: Karel, Karol
SPANISH: Carlito, Carlitos, Carlos, Paulino
SWEDISH: Carl, Kalle, Karl
WELSH: Siarl
OTHER FORMS
ALBANIAN: Pal, Pali, Pavli
ANCIENT ROMAN: Paula, Paulus
ARABIC: Boulos, Bulus
ARMENIAN: Boghos, Poghos
BIBLICAL GREEK: Paulos
BIBLICAL LATIN: Paulus
BIBLICAL: Paul
BRETON: Paol
BULGARIAN: Pavel
CATALAN: Pau, Paula, Pol
CORSICAN: Paulu
CROATIAN: Paula, Pavao, Pavica, Pavle, Pavo
CZECH: Pavel, Pavla
DANISH: Palle, Paul, Paula, Poul
DUTCH: Paul, Paula, Pauwel
ENGLISH: Paul, Paula, Pauletta, Paulie
ESPERANTO: Paĉjo, Paŭlo
ESTONIAN: Paavo
FAROESE: Páll
FINNISH: Paavali, Paavo, Paula, Pauli
FRENCH: Paul, Paule, Paulette
GALICIAN: Paulo
GEORGIAN: Pavle
GERMAN: Paul, Paula
GREEK: Pavlos
HISTORY: Charlemagne
HUNGARIAN: Pál, Paula
ICELANDIC: Pála, Páll
IRISH: Pól
ITALIAN: Paola, Paolo
LATVIAN: Pāvils
LITHUANIAN: Paulius
MACEDONIAN: Pavel, Pavle
MAORI: Paora
NORWEGIAN: Pål, Paul, Paula
OCCITAN: Pau
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Pavelu
POLISH: Paula, Paweł
PORTUGUESE: Paula, Paulinha, Paulinho, Paulo
ROMANIAN: Paul, Paula
RUSSIAN: Pasha, Pavel
SCOTTISH: Pàl, Pòl
SERBIAN: Pavle
SLOVAK: Pavol
SLOVENE: Pavel, Pavla
SPANISH: Pablo, Paola, Paula
SWEDISH: Pål, Paul, Paula
UKRAINIAN: Pavlo